Rachel Yu
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. I study how legislators conduct congressional oversight and when oversight efforts are effective in correcting bureaucratic behavior. My dissertation focuses on these dynamics in US foreign policy — examining how legislators use different informational tools to gather firsthand knowledge about foreign policy outcomes, when they are more likely to do so, and how this shapes their interactions with and responses from the bureaucracy.
More broadly, I am interested in American institutions, inter-branch relations, and US foreign policy, with my work bridging insights from American politics and international relations.
My research is supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the UCSD Center for American Politics, and the 21st Century China Center. I hold an M.A. in Political Science from UC San Diego as well as a B.A. in Government & Politics and a B.S. in Information Systems from the University of Maryland.
| Email: rqyu@ucsd.edu | CV |
Working Papers
Congressional Oversight Overseas
Oversight at the Water’s Edge: Information and Party Politics in US Foreign Policy (Under Review)
Trade Adjustment Assistance Programs and Political Trust
with Ye June Jung & Søren Etzerodt
Works in Progress
Bureaucratic Compliance with Congressional Oversight
Congressional Oversight and US Foreign Policy (Book Project)